Led Zeppelin Rulesheet

neilmcrae · January 8, 2021, 7:05pm

Official rule sheet from Stern:

Code Rev: 1.15.0
Feel free to contribute. Update the Code Rev, if applicable.

Layout

Premium/LE:	Pro:

Left slingshot: Standard.Can be lit for Super Slings 100k/hit
Left inlane: Can be lit for “O” in ROLL. Lane inserts changed from flipper button lane-change. Note: After a few consecutive center ramp shots, lane change will be disabled until you hit another shot.
Left outlane: Can be lit for “R” in ROLL. Lane inserts changed from flipper button lane-change. Can be lit for Ball Save from one completion of the BALL SAVE targets.
Ball Save / Jimmy Page / ZOSO targets: Terminate a combo into these targets to build the Jimmy Page multiplier. Complete both targets to relight ball save, and turn on the Jimmy Page / ZOSO insert solid.
Left eject: Scoop shot on the left used to start tours, start tour multiballs, collect extra balls, and is one of the main arrow shots used in songs and multiballs.
Left orbit/spinner: Has a spinner and feeds all the way around to the upper flipper, except during Usa 1977 Tour mode if “pops” is on the checklist. One of the main arrow shots used in song modes and multiballs. Spinner value starts at 1k and is raised by 1k anytime ROLL lanes are completed, carries ball to ball. When super spinner is activated, the super value is added on top of this (usually 100k/spin). Shows your spinner points on the display via the spinning record in the lower left corner. Center spinner on LE/PREM scores left spinner points in addition to anything else.
Left Ramp: Can be lit for Zeppelin locks and is one of the main arrow shots used in songs and multiballs
LED / John Paul Jones / Triquetra targets: Terminating a combo at these targets build John Paul Jones / Triquetra multiplier. Lit targets cycle with flipper lane change. Completing bank turns John Paul Jones / Triquetra light solid On PREM/LE spell LED in LEDZEP which brings up Electric Magic device.
Side ramp / Hermit target: Adds 5 seconds to your next Icarus playfield multiplier time. If Icarus multiplier is running it will extend the timer by 15 seconds (both adjustable in feature adjustments). Gives you a Zeppelin Award, which starts a Super Feature in this order: spinner, pops, slings, ramps. Any time there is a song award on this shot it will score double. Any time there is a jackpot in a multiball on this shot it’s usually a multiplied super jackpot.
Center ramp: Featured shot in guitar solo sections in some songs. Main arrow shot used in songs and multiballs
Icarus target: Used to start playfield multiplier once all 4 band member symbols are on (Jimmy Page/ZOSO, John Paul Jones/Triquetra, John Bonham/Circles, Robert Plant/Feather). Hitting Icarus target during Icarus multiplier will recalculate playfield multiplier if the band member multipliers had increased at all since the playfield x started. Icarus target used in most multiballs to add a ball by hitting it 3 times.
ZEP / John Bonham / Circles drop targets: Terminating a combo at these targets build John Bonham / Circles multiplier. Completing bank turns John Bonham / Circles light solid On PREM/LE spell ZEP in LEDZEP which brings up Electric Magic device.
Top eject: A scoop at the top of the playfield above the pop bumpers accessible from the right orbit. Used to change your song in single ball play, start certain wizard modes, lock balls in certain multiballs. The control gate will usually open up in single ball play after a top eject is made and the ball is ejected with full force to feed to your upper flippers. Exceptions to this occur during multiball or if the pops are being featured in a currently running super mode or tour.
Pop bumpers: Score 5k/pop at game start and raise 2.5k every right orbit shot, carries through the game. When super pops are active, the super value is added to this (usually 250k/pop)
Right ramp: Used to light tours, is a main arrow shot in songs and multiballs. Can backhand on most machines, but not all.
Right orbit: Advances pop values, leads to top eject. Song award and multiball shot.
ROCK / Robert Plant / Feather targets: Terminating a combo at these targets build Robert Plant / Feather multiplier. Completing bank turns Robert Plant / feather light solid and lights Zeppelin locks at the left ramp.
Right slingshot: Standard. Can be lit for Super Slings 100k/hit
Right inlane: Can be lit for “L” in ROLL. Lane inserts changed from flipper button lane-change.
Right outlane: Can be lit for “L” in ROLL. Lane inserts changed from flipper button lane-change.

Skill Shot

Plunge into the lit LED target. Change lit LED target with lane change.

Song Modes

Song modes are chosen at the beginning of every ball and run continuously throughout the ball, through multiballs and wizard modes (except Top of the Charts).
When a song ends, that song mode ends and the next song and song mode on the list will start playing (the list on the backboard).

During song modes, a number of arrows are lit that changes with different musical sections of the song. White “cue” lights will blink briefly between sections to show you where the next shot is prior to the section change.

Song Award Scoring

Song award values are based on a combination of temporary and permanent boost factors:

Permanent Boosts

Going platinum on a song: +250k
Completing a song (5 gold records): +100k
Each song shot made: +2.5k
Each gold record acquired across all songs: +5k
Base value: 250k

Temporary Boosts

Each song shot made since the beginning of the current song: +100k
Each song shot made since the beginning of the current song section: +75k
Each song shot made this ball: +5k
Gold records for this current song: +10k

Good Times Bad Times (2:42)
Shots alternate between “easy” and “hard” shots.

Communication Breakdown (2:28)
During verses, all shots are lit.
During chorus, shots “break down” and only half of the shots are lit.
During the solo, only the center ramp is lit

Whole Lotta Love (5:28)
Pairs of shots are lit, the pair changes depending on the section of the song

Left orbit and side shot
Left ramp and right ramp
Center ramp and right ramp
Drum solo will have pairs of shots that rove around
Guitar solo is only center ramp

Immigrant Song (2:22)
Outer shots start lit, as the song goes on more shots get added towards the middle

Kashmir (8:25)

Left orbit and right orbit start lit. Hitting a left shot will move that shot to the
right, hitting a right shot will move it to the left. The side flipper shot is skipped.
Once the shots converge on each other, that last shot will stay lit for repeat shots, but on a timer.
The shot must be hit within 8 seconds for it to stay lit. It will flash very fast when the 8 sec. is about to run out. If the shot is not made within 8 sec. the shots begin to fan outwards again.
Different sections in the song may reset the arrows.

Black Dog (4:45)
Shots alternate between left, right, and center. Hitting a shot replenishes the arrows and disables the most recently hit shot.

Left eject, left orbit, left ramp, side shot
Side shot, center ramp, right ramp, right orbit
Left ramp, side shot, center ramp

Ramble On (4:43)

During verses, shots slowly move around playfield
During chorus, all shots lit

Rock And Roll (3:35)
Some sections have only 2 shots lit, but they are always lit

Left ramp and right ramp
Left orbit and right orbit
Other sections have more shots lit, but the most recently hit shot will not be
available until you hit another shot
Guitar solo at center ramp

Trampled Under Foot (5:32)
Orbit section

Left orbit and right orbit, must alternate

Ramp section

Left, center, right. Most recently hit ramp turns off.

All shots section (piano solo), most recently hit shot turns off.

The Song Remains the Same (5:27)
Left eject and left orbit starts lit
Slowly, more shots fan out and get added to the right. Most recently hit shot disables until you hit a different one.

Changing Songs

After you have achieved 5 gold records in a song, the top eject lights and you can use it to change the song mid-ball. You can also restart a song using this if you’re clever, but beware if you do this the song value will lose some of its value. Note: as of 1.0 this is not possible anymore unless you sit on a song long enough for it to end, however there is a 20 second time limit on changing songs.

If you change to a new song, you are progressing through the game and part of the song award value is based on how many songs you have completed. In addition, each time you change a song with the top eject during play will add 2 Band Boosts (action button uses).

Once you shoot the top eject to potentially change songs, it will unlight until you gain another 5 gold records on whichever song you select. Getting 10 platinum records in a song will permanently allow you to instantly change songs whenever you play that song. (Note: Competition Install modifies this rule. See the Comp Install section.)

Song Status
Song status on back panel is indicated in multiple ways:

Unlit: Not played yet
Blinking: Currently being played
Solid: 5 records collected
Pulsing: Platinum reached

Blinking: song currently being played

Zeppelin Multiball

Add a ball available at Icarus target (hit it 3 times).
Starts off with 4 jackpots marked with red arrows. Hitting one unlights it and lights a timed double jackpot (about 10 seconds) marked with a faster flashing red arrow at a shot you can combo into.

Jackpot to double jackpot map:

Left orbit → Upper flipper shot
Left ramp → Right orbit
Center ramp → Right orbit
Right ramp → Left eject

Any double jackpots you collect also advance the jackpot value and build into the super jackpot.

After there are no more red arrows anywhere on the playfield (you’ve hit all 4 jackpots, and all double jackpots have timed out or been collected), the super jackpot lights at the left eject and upper flipper shot. Super jackpot is the value of all jackpots and double jackpots achieved since the last super. The LED, ZEP, and ROCK banks all begin to flash as well, completing all of them will multiply the super up to 3x… maybe 4x. The side flipper shot will collect double this whole value as opposed to the left eject.

Tours and Tour Multiballs

Tours are started at the left eject and are indicated that they are lit by a flashing green arrow. Right ramp is used to qualify tours when they are not lit, and can be done at any time (such as during zeppelin multiball) except during wizard modes.

When you shoot the left eject you get to choose which tour to play. What tour you choose here will ALSO dictate which tour multiball you get for finishing it. Your first tour will only have the very first item on the checklist of objectives, and will be a 2 ball multiball. Your second tour will have the first 2 items and will be a 3 ball multiball, etc. In this way, each item you collect on a tour is a “tour lock”, with the final “lock” being when you’ve completed all items and shoot the left eject to start multiball.

All jackpot values are carried throughout and between tour multiballs, so later tour multiballs will naturally be worth more if you did well in the earlier tour multiballs (in addition to later tour multiballs starting with more balls). Add a ball available at Icarus target (hit it 3 times).

Tours, multiballs, and their objective lists:

US 1975 Tour (“Ramps” Multiball)

Ramps
Switches
All Target banks
Combos

“Ramps” Tour Multiball Rules:

Left, center, and right ramps lit for jackpots. Hitting a jackpot unlights that shot and relights the other two shots. Right ramp scores a double jackpot. After hitting 5 jackpots, the left and center ramps turn off and only the right ramp is lit for a super jackpot worth the sum of the 5 jackpots/double jackpots achieved up to that point (can be fairly massive, especially if you got a lot of right ramps in the mix)

US 1977 Tour (“Switches” Multiball)

Pop Bumpers
Any Targets
Left Ramps
Icarus

“Switches” Tour Multiball Rules:

All switches score a fraction of the current tour jackpot value, and add that value into the main Jackpot, available at the left eject. Jackpot collects a tour jackpot + however many points built up from switches. You can also hit the upper flip shot to collect 3x this value (!!)

Earl’s Court Tour (“Targets” Multiball)

Spinners
LED and ZEP targets
Right Ramps
Combos

“Targets” Tour Multiball Rules:

Complete a flashing target bank (LED, ZEP, or ROCK) to collect a tour jackpot, and add its value to the corresponding Super Jackpot:

LED targets build Left Eject Super Jackpot
ZEP targets build Top Eject Super Jackpot
ROCK targets build Left Ramp Super Jackpot

Collecting unique super jackpots multiplies future ones, meaning if you collect a left ramps super and a left eject super, all supers for the rest of the ball are now 2x. If you collect one of each type of super, then all supers are 3x.

UK 1971 Tour (“Shots” Multiball)

Orbits
Ejects
Center Ramps
Upper flipper shots

“Shots” Tour Multiball Rules:

Left eject starts as the only jackpot, hitting it will then light jackpots at left eject plus the left orbit. Hitting the left orbit will then light jackpots at left eject, left orbit, and left ramp. Hitting the faster blinking shot (the “rightmost” shot) will relight jackpots in this manner. Getting a flashing jackpot on the right orbit is the Super Jackpot, worth the sum of all jackpots collected since the last super.

Electric Magic Multiball

Premium / LE feature only. Qualified by first raising the electric magic device by spelling LED ZEP one time, and then shooting any of the main shots. Subsequent Electric Magic modes require additional completions. Once the device is raised, shooting the spinner charges it up. Once it is fully charged, shoot it again to start Electric Magic Multiball.

The first phase of Electric Magic Multiball is a hurry up that counts down. Shoot the left eject or top eject to lock in the value. This becomes your jackpot value so shoot it fast! After one ball is locked another ball comes out and a timer counts down from 20. This is your MULTIPLIER for your super jackpot. Shoot the electric magic to cash it in and start the multiball, OR shoot the other lock to reset the timer (And therefore multiplier) to 40.

Once you hit the electric magic it starts the actual multiball, with jackpots equal to the hurry up and super jackpot equal to hurry up multiplied by however many seconds you had when you started the multiball. All major shots are lit for Jackpot. Shooting a lit JP causes that shot to go out. Shooting another JP relights the other shots. Super Jackpot is lit at the EM Spinner after 5 Jackpots. After each SJP it takes more JP to relight the SJP. It seems to follow this pattern. 5,7,7,8,9,8,9 etc. There seems to be some variance, but this may be due to the fact that sometimes shooting the left orbit obit will slow roll into the right orbit, thereby scoring two Jackpots.

Electric Magic Frenzy

Despite its name, this is also a multiball. This is the second feature you get from the electric magic device, after you’ve already played Electric Magic Multiball.

This frenzy style multiball has 2 phases that it constantly cycles between: frenzy phase and super phase.

It starts in the frenzy phase with every switch (EXCEPT the center spinner) scoring a frenzy value and adding 1% of this value to the Super Jackpot Spin value. Locking balls in the ejects can multiply this frenzy scoring, and thus the value that goes into the super jackpot spin value by 2x or 3x for a limited time.

Shooting the center spinner during the frenzy phase will build the value of each switch in the frenzy by 100 points per spin.

After 30 seconds of frenzy time (with active playfield), super jackpot automatically lights at the center spinner. It is not a certain amount of switch hits that qualifies super, it is purely timed base. Since the super jackpot value is determined by how many frenzy switches you can get during phase one (1% of the score of each) it is imiportant to use the 30 seconds hitting switches, while also hitting the center spinner to raise the value of the switches. It is a delicate balance to try and maximize your points during the frenzy part alternating between center spinner rips and left orbit rips.

Super jackpot is lit for 15 seconds and can be multiplied by locks as well. Its value is PER SPIN. Example: During frenzy phase you hit 100 switches that are at 80k each. 1% of 80k is 800 per switch, times 100 switches so your super is worth 80,000 points per spin. This doesn’t sound like a lot but due to how many spins you get from it, it adds up VERY quickly, especially with lock multipliers.

After super jackpot timer runs out you go back to frenzy phase, your super jackpot spin value resets but your switch value does not.

The first time you lock a ball in the left eject will add-a-ball. Likewise, the first time you lock a ball in the upper eject will also add-a-ball.

Mothership Multiball

Qualified after 5 songs are completed (on default settings, this is at
5 gold records) and started at the upper eject shot.
Song mode continues to run during this mode and is used to determine
jackpot shots:
- Any shot that does not have a song award lit is lit for Jackpot
- Any shot that has a song award will get a sales boost that starts at
  +10,000 sales, in addition to normal sales for the song award.
- Scoring 5 jackpots will light super jackpots at any shot that is a current song award.
  - Once the first Super Jackpot is awarded, a timer starts. When timer
    expires, super jackpots go away and sales boost is increased by +10,000.
  - Super Jackpot values are equal to current jackpot value, plus the
    current song award value.
  - Shoot 5 more regular jackpots while super jackpots are lit to
    multiply super jackpots up to 3x!
This multiball is heavily influenced by your current song as the jackpots and supers are determined by where the song shots are (and aren’t). Read through the above again carefully to clarify.

World Tour Multiball

Qualified after all tours are played
Starts as 6 ball multiball with 10 major shots lit for city jackpots:
- Left eject
- Left orbit
- Left ramp
- Side flipper shot
- Center ramp
- LED target bank
- ZEP target bank
- Right ramp
- Right orbit
- ROCK target bank
Collecting the city jackpot removes it from possible city jackpot shots and moves you into the “miles” phase. Hit things to advance miles to the next city, each thing has a cap of how many miles you can get from it (4000 miles):
- Orbits
- Ramps
- Targets
- Ejects
- Switches
After enough miles are collected and you land in the next city, the remaining city jackpots you haven’t collected yet are lit. Collect one to score city jackpot worth (# of city jackpots x Tour Jackpot Value) and go back to collecting miles
Each mile also scores a small amount of points as well
Every other City Jackpot will add a ball!
If you manage to get to all 10 cities, WOW. You get victory laps for the rest of the multiball.

Top of the Charts Multiball

Qualified by completing 10 songs (attaining 5 gold records in all 10 songs)
Started at the top eject
The song you are closest to going platinum on will be started first, similar to the Challenge Mode version of Top of the Charts.
The 7 major shots are lit to add sales to the current song. Red shots will add 2x the sales and boost the sales of shots going forward.
Lock a ball in left eject to make sales and scores 2x for a limited time, and light the top eject.
Lock a ball in both ejects to make sales and scores 3x for a limited time.
Once you reach 999,999 sales, shots turn off and the left eject lights to “go platinum”
Go platinum in all songs to win the mode, and light ? Multiball.
If a song ends, the mode ends.
If you drain down to 1 ball, a sudden death timer starts. You must go platinum within this time or else the mode ends.

? Multiball

Qualified by getting Platinum(10 gold records) on all 10 songs.
All shots are lit for song jackpots based on your total # of song shots across all songs played.
Left ramp will also add your current zeppelin multiball jackpot
Right ramp will also add your current tour multiball jackpot
10% of all scores go into super jackpot
Side flipper shot scores super jackpot
When you drain down to 1 ball, super jackpots are lit at the 10 shots that World Tour City Jackpots are at, along with a timer.
Hitting a super jackpot unlights it and increases super jackpot multiplier.
Left eject during super jackpot phase relights all shots. and resets super jackpot multiplier.
Draining or running out of time ends the mode.

Other Features

Extra Balls
There are 5 EB’s available on default settings:

5 gold records
4 complete songs (5 gold records per song)
Start 2 Tour Multiballs
8 Zeppelin Awards (side flipper shot)
5 City Jackpots in World Tour

Extra balls are worth 10M points if turned off. EB points are not multiplied by Icarus X (per this clip)

Combos:

Indicated by combo inserts on playfield to show which shots are available after another shot to combo. Important to note that the left eject, side flipper shot, and right orbit do not end a combo, and continue to have combo shots lit.

Completing Combos
While the combo inserts are lit, hitting ANY target on the playfield (ball save targets, LED targets, ZEP targets, ROCK targets), whether lit or unlit will “complete” the combo. You’ll see a blimp fly by that says “x-way complete”. So if you just shoot the left ramp, then the ROCK targets you would see “1-way complete”. Completing a combo stops the combo, increases Icarus Multiplier (see below) and awards the points for whatever level combo you were at prior to completing it.

Combo Scoring
Combos start at their base value (100k at game start) and are multiplied by however many combos you are currently shooting in a row. So two-way combo is 100k, a three way combo would get you 100k + 200k, a four way combo would be 100k + 200k + 300k, etc. Terminating a 1-way combo scores the same as a 2-way combo.

Combo base value can only increase during single-ball play.but remains for the whole game
Combo base value when a target bank is completed
- +10k for Ball Save bank.
- +15k for LED bank.
- +15k for ZEP bank.
- +25k for ROCK bank.
Completing a target bank by terminating a combo awards double the values
above. (as in, you terminate a combo AND complete the bank at the same time)

This gives incentive to finish off target banks even if you’ve already completed them once for your Icarus multiplier.

Icarus X:

Building Icarus Multiplier
There are four band member multipliers indicated by the four symbols in the middle of the playfield with big inserts and flashers, which all correspond to different target banks:

ZoSo: Ball Save targets
Triquetra: LED targets
Circles: ZEP targets
Feather: ROCK targets

Completing a combo at any target on any of the banks will increase that bank’s band multiplier by +0.1x times the length of the combo. So if you complete a 3-way combo at the ROCK targets, the Feather multiplier is now +0.3x
The colors of each band member multiplier insert changes as each value builds:
Dark Orange 1.1
Lighter Orange 1.2-1.3
Shades of Yellow 1.4-1.9
Light Green 2.0-2.2
Darker Green 2.3-2.5
Blue/Green 2.6-2.7
Shades of Aqua 2.8-3.6
Light Blue 3.7-3.9
Dark Blue 4.0-4.3
Shades of Purple 4.4-4.9
Shades of Pink 5.0-5.6
Magenta 5.6-5.9
Dark Orange starts over at 6.0

Icarus Multiplier Value
The actual value of Icarus Playfield Multiplier is equal to the product of the 4 band member multipliers you’ve built up. So if Zoso was at 1.5x, Triquetra was at 1.5x, Circles was at 2x, and Feather was at 1.3x, your Icarus Playfield Multiplier would be 1.5 x 1.5 x 2 x 1.3 = 5.8x. Icarus Playfield Multiplier applies to all scoring.

Lighting Icarus Multiplier
Completing a bank of targets (independent of combo logic) will turn on that band member symbol light. So completing ROCK target bank turns on the feather, etc. Turn on all 4 lights to light Icarus target up the middle.

Starting Icarus Multiplier
Shooting the Icarus target when lit will start a timed playfield multiplier, with its value determined as above. The amount of time you get for this will be 15 seconds + 5 seconds for every side flipper shot you have made prior to starting the multiplier. You can see how long your next Icarus Playfield Multiplier timer is by looking at Instant Info.

During the timed multiplier, any shots to the side flipper shot will extend the timer by 15 seconds.

During the timed multiplier, any shots to the Icarus target itself will recalculate your current multiplier, and increase your playfield multiplier value if necessary (like if you had completed additional combos during the multiplier time).

Band Boost (Action Button)

Acquiring Band Boosts:
- The player starts the game with 1 (adjustable) Band Boost.
- Completing a song adds 1 (adjustable) Band Boost.
- Going platinum in a song will add an additional 1 (adjustable) Band Boost.
- Changing a song with the top eject to a DIFFERENT song will add 2
  (adjustable) Band Boosts.
Player can store a maximum of 5 (adjustable) band boosts.
Saving up three band boosts will enable Super Band Boost
Using band boosts:
- During single ball play will instantly award 5x the current combo value, end the combo, and terminate the combo at the target bank with the lowest current band multiplier, boosting its multiplier value.
- During multiball will instead award progress toward your Icarus Add-a-ball (one hit).
Using Super Band Boosts:
- During single ball play will award 10x the current combo value and terminate the combo, adding the multiplier to 2 of the target banks (the two lowest) instead of just one!
- During any multiball will instead instantly add-a-ball! This is in addition to any add-a-balls you can earn in that multiball!
Band Boost status is shown in instant info and on action button light.
- Action button solid green = you have at least one band boost, but it currently cannot be used.
- Action button flashing green = you have at least one band boost and can use it now.
- Action button solid red = you have a super band boost but it currently cannot be used.
- Action button flashing red = you have a super band boost and can use it now.

Zeppelin Awards / Super Features:

Every shot to the side flipper shot starts a super feature in this order:
- Super spinner
  - Spinner(s) values are boosted by +100k/spin for 100 spins. Goes away upon draining ball. If you complete the 100 spinners, the next time you start super spinners it will be worth +200k/spin, etc.
- Super pops
  - Pops values are boosted by +250k/pop for 40 pops. Goes away upon draining ball. If you complete the 40 pops, the next time you start super pops it will be worth +500k/pop, etc.
- Super slings
  - Slingshot values are boosted by +100k/sling for 100 slings. Goes away upon draining ball. If you complete the 100 slings, the next time you start super slings it will be worth +200k/slingshot, etc.
- Super ramps
  - The next 10 ramps you hit with song awards will double the value of the song award! Goes away upon draining ball.
You can see the status of your super modes in Instant Info.

Bonus:
Calculated from the combos you made that ball, plus gold and platinum records you’ve collected during the game. If you get to ? multiball, a diamond record will be applied and further multiply all multiplied bonus by 2 (or 3, or 4… if you’re crazy)
Bonus X:
Increased by completing ROLL inlanes. Maxes at 50x.

Install Competition Settings

Performing Install Competition from the utility menu (not changing to competition mode in adjustments) will change the following:

Turn on “competition mode”, which the only thing this affects is extra ball records. If extra ball records is on “auto” which means it reflexively changes, then with competition mode on, now it is at a fixed 5 records. If extra ball records is on a fixed amount it will continue to use the fixed amount.
Start Zeppelin Multiball one difficulty higher, requiring you to spell ROCK to light locks
Start Tour difficulty higher, requiring you to hit one right ramp before qualifying tour on left eject
Disallow selecting a song that is already platinum
Starts the game with 0 band boosts instead of 1.
Increases Electric Magic MB start to three sets of LED ZEP targets (premium/LE only).

raydaypinball · January 15, 2021, 8:39pm

Captain Bizarro is MIA!

CaptainBZarre · January 16, 2021, 6:40pm

Yup. Hey, I figured why not let someone else do it.

raydaypinball · January 16, 2021, 7:43pm

Should @neilmcrae make this post a wiki so people can edit it? Or are you gonna do yours

neilmcrae · January 16, 2021, 10:25pm

oops sorry done.

raydaypinball · January 20, 2021, 2:46am

Excited to see people get their games so the flood of questions can begin

LOTR_breath · January 20, 2021, 3:57am

I haven’t played the latest .93 code yet. How many (or how long) consecutive center ramps does it take before the lanes will no longer shift for bonus X? That’s a very creative way out of a potential scoring exploit.
Another related question: Is there any cap on Bonus X currently?

raydaypinball · January 20, 2021, 6:59am

It’s like three ramps in a row I think, and like 50x bonus cap at the moment

metallik · January 21, 2021, 4:22am

Is there a rule that dims the lights and flutters the flippers if you do poorly at the song? Just played LZ for the first time on location and had that happen a few times in the first couple games. It never happened again once I started playing better and on the fly, not trapping so much. After a half dozen games I managed 140M (with the game having a suspiciously non-functional “O” rollover, so not much bonus).

I thought the game shot well, fast and smooth, and I liked chasing the lights in this ruleset more than the last few SR games. Look forward to playing more as the code matures.

raydaypinball · January 21, 2021, 4:47am

The only rule that dims the lights is when you shoot the top lock to change your song (available in .93 code). No idea what would cause the flippers to flutter.

The O inlane should always work but as mentioned in the update if you loop the center ramp three times in a row it disables lane change until a different shot is made

metallik · January 21, 2021, 5:06am

Thanks for the reply. I suspect the eject switch was falsely triggering while the ball was still on the playfield, and the flippers died briefly while song select was active. Me hitting the flippers must have selected something and got them going again. A shot to the eject probably fixed the flakyness for the later games.

The lanes never stopped changing and the “O” switch never scored. I think the op might have disabled it to prevent looping on older code

Brinkman · January 23, 2021, 4:30am

I couldn’t find a description for the changes on code 0.93. Interested to see what they are, especially since there is a song change option now? And help is Appreciated

LOTR_breath · January 23, 2021, 4:52am

PRO V0.93 - January 18, 2021

Fixed:

Fixed an issue that could prevent the cabinet lights from showing in test
or gameplay.
Fixed an issue that could prevent the tournament screens from appearing in
attract mode while a tournament was running. Tournaments started and still
in progress from previous code revisions should now display in attract mode.
Fixed an issue which could cause the light show to continue running for
super features after super scoring had been exhausted.
Fixed an issue which could cause the light show to continue running for
tour objectives after they had been achieved.
Fixed an issue which prevented the Icarus X multiplier from being applied
during grace period.
Fixed instances where the Icarus X multiplier would not apply to certain
game scores.
Fixed an issue where song mode shots could become re-lit during grace
period.
Fixed an issue where Instant Info would not show show the player’s Icarus X
value.
Fixed an issue which could sometimes cause certain devices to award points
twice when they only should have been awarded once.
Fixed an issue which could show the incorrect mode totals for tour multiball
modes.
Fixed an issue which could cause certain high score names to overrun the
display.
Fixed an issue which could prevent the Zeppelin Multiball super jackpot
from lighting.
Fixed an issue which prevented the drop targets from resetting, even when
all of them were down.
Fixed an issue which could prevent a player from completing World Tour
multiball.
Fixed an issue which could freeze the expression lights if different players
had selected the same song.
Fixed an issue which prevented the skill shot from being awarded when it
was also the last target hit to complete the LED target bank.
Fixed an issue which allowed the player to advance to the next tour mode
during World Tour multiball.

Tweaked:

Adjustments:
- Changed the trough eject power minimum to 64.
- Removed the “Song Repeats After Ending” adjustment.
Lights:
- Greatly improved the Expression Light effects for all 10 songs.
- Tweaked the RGB colors on the band member inserts to better represent
  the player’s multiplier values.
- Tweaked the light show on the Zeppelin 1-2-3 lights to more easily show
  the number of locks qualified and earned.
- Removed the Song Mode arrows from game award light shows.
- Reduced the intensity of the Band Member symbol flahers by 50%.
Display:
- Improved the Icarus X overlay display effect.
- Tweaked the record scoring overlay display effect to only show the record
  award when the display is not busy showing other awards.
- Extended the duration of the Tilt animation.
- Improved the spinner effect overlay behavior.
- Improved the instruction text during UK 1971 tour.
Sounds:
- Delayed the knocker sound effect until the REPLAY text appears in the
  REPLAY display effect.
- Reduced the delay of the game start speech.
Rules:
- Reduced the maximum number of right ramp shots to light a tour from 6 to
  4.
- Hold up the left eject kickout if the Extra Ball is Lit display effect is
  running.
- Changed the multiball total screens to hold up endball.
- Increased the values of super features each time you start them.
- Tweaked combo scoring. Combo scores increase each time you successfully
  terminate a combo.
Tweaked Bonus:
- Bonus now counts all gold records earned, then all platinum records
  earned.
- Bonus awards 25,000 per gold record. 500,000 per platinum record.
- Added a combo bonus.
- Improved sound effects.
- Improved timing.
Tweaked Song Mode Behavior:
- Increased song mode scoring.
- Various scoring tweaks related to balancing song modes.
- Implement a fixed base value for the number of sales earned per song
  shot in addition to the dynamic value based on the song length.
Tweaked Kashmir Mode:
- Kashmir verse sections will now remember the player’s shot progress.
Tweaked Good Times Bad Times Mode:
- Added a guitar solo section in which the center ramp is always lit.
Tweaked Rock and Roll Mode:
- Added a guitar solo section in which the center ramp is always lit.
Tweaked Multiballs:
- Score balancing for every multiball.
- Decreased the number of Icarus target hits for add-a-ball to 3 (was 4.)
Tweaked Earl’s Court Multiball:
- Reworked the multiball to encourage shooting diverse target banks for
  super jackpots.
Tweaked USA 1975 Tour Multiball:
- Made the different ramp shots become available more often.
Tweaked USA 1977 Tour Multiball:
- Gate will close unless a higher priority shot is
  available at the hermit target.
Tweaked World Tour Multiball:
- Add-a-ball can be earned after every 2nd city jackpot.
- Added points-per-mile scoring.
Tweaked Super Pops:
- Gate will close during super pops unless a higher priority shot is
  available at the hermit target.
Additional score balancing.

New:

Audits:
- Added audits for all multiballs.
Adjustments:
- Default the sound filter to use the 10-band equalizer with the recommended
  settings for each EQ band.
- Added an adjustment to disable the flipper lane change on the LED targets.
Sounds:
- Added a sound effect for the hermit target switch.
Display:
- Added Zeppelin Award status to instant info.
- Added the Icarus X timer to instant info.
- Added additional high score entries.
- Added display text to show the number of song sales awarded each shot when
  the record is not spinning.
Lights:
- Added a lamp effect to show that the Icarus target was hit.
- Added a lamp effect to show that World Tour Multiball is ready.
- Added Expression Light effects to DJ Mixer.
Rules:
- Added a 4th difficulty level to tours. Tours get harder each time they are
  completed until the 4th level is reached. A tour difficulty setting of
  HARD starts at level 3.
- Added a rule to increase pop bumper base values by shooting the right
  orbit.
- Added a rule to increase spinner base values by scoring the inlanes.
- Added ball save on a skill shot award.
- Added a hidden ball save for rebounds off of the Hermit target that travel
  directly into the right outlane.
- Added a rule to disable the bottom lane change if a player is repeatedly
  shooting the center ramp. The lane change will enable again once a player
  shoots a different major shot.
Added the change song feature:
- Lights by earning enough gold records (default 5) or by earning a
  platinum record if not already lit.
  the song change is lit feature at the top eject.
- Choosing a song you have already played will reset the scoring bonus
  applied for the number of shots made during that song.
Added Top of the Charts Multiball:
- Lit by completing all 10 song modes.
- Allows a player to progress through the 10 song modes and earn more record
  sales. Songs which a player has already gone platinum are skipped and the
  player is awarded bonus points.
- When a player earns a platinum record during Top of the Charts multiball,
  the song ends and the player moves to the next song.
Added Top of the Charts Challenge Mode:
- Display the game mode menu by holding in both flippers.
- Choosing Top of the Charts challenge mode starts a challenge mode game.
- Top of the Charts Challenge is plays through all 10 songs starting from
  a fixed number of sales. Shooting lit shots and hitting switches advances
  the number of sales.
- When a player earns 999,999 sales, shooting the left eject will award a
  platinum record, advance the player to the next song, and add an
  additional ball into play.
- When the song ends, Top of the Charts challenge ends, all balls in play
  will drain, and the game will end.
- Player starts with 4 balls in play.
- Shooting the ejects during a song increases the song shots and sales
  earned at each shot to 2x and 3x.
- When a player drains all balls in play, the song sales they have earned
  are reduced and a ball is returned to play.
- Added a leaderboard to show the top 3 Top of the Charts challenge scores
  and Top of the Charts challenge times.
- Added a high score entry for Top of the Charts multi-album master.
Set the gameplay backbox brightness to 50% by default to improve visibility
on the playfield.
Added additional shaker motor effects.
Added additional game light shows.

Brinkman · January 23, 2021, 5:13am

Perfect. Thank you for the post.

LOTR_breath · February 14, 2021, 10:22pm

I did some glass off testing of the colors for the individual band members. Yes, you can check these in your instant info, but I wanted to get a visual representation at a glance. Keep in mind, this is not your total Icarus X, just one of the four band members that get multiplied together.

Dark Orange 1.0-1.1
Lighter Orange 1.2-1.3
Shades of Yellow 1.4-1.9
Light Green 2.0-2.2
Darker Green 2.3-2.5
Blue/Green 2.6-2.7
Shades of Aqua 2.8-3.6
Light Blue 3.7-3.9
Dark Blue 4.0-4.3
Shades of Purple 4.4-4.9
Shades of Pink 5.0-5.6
Magenta 5.6-5.9
Dark Orange starts over at 6.0

Of course, most of us will never see most of these colors. It’s hard enough to get past any shade of green. But at least this gives some reference.

cornycrunch · February 15, 2021, 2:39am

Would’ve killed to see some sweet 1296x action.

raydaypinball · February 15, 2021, 4:49am

I mean, you CAN, all the lights will just be dark orange lol

gdd · February 16, 2021, 3:55pm

As someone who is red/green colorblind I really hate the increasing dependence on multi-color LEDs in game inserts. Like I can barely tell blue and purple apart, now I have to tell shades of blue and purple?

raydaypinball · February 16, 2021, 5:20pm

Only if you really want to calculate your exact Icarus x to the precise decimal point. There is enough contrast between the important numbers (dark orange -> bright green -> blue -> hot pink) that I don’t think it will be a problem. Plus there is always instant info!

raydaypinball · February 17, 2021, 2:32am

LE V0.95 - February 16, 2021